4 Natural Ways to Lower Anxiety
Anxiety is a normal and sometimes even helpful emotion. But when anxiety becomes a constant obstacle to overcome, symptoms like rapid breathing, sweating, fatigue, and even chest pain can take over....
View ArticleHow to Take Care of Your Health as a College Student
As a college student, you must ensure that you prioritize your health. It’s very easy to get caught up in classes, clubs, and jobs. However, making sure that you’re physically and mentally well enough...
View ArticleMindset Shifts for a Fulfilling Life
The first noble truth in Buddhism is that “life is suffering.” This simple statement, profound yet obvious, is not meant to paralyze us into hopelessness. It is meant to free us. People who suffer...
View ArticlePostpartum Depression
You’ve probably heard the term “postpartum depression” or “baby blues” common in new mothers after delivery. While some of the symptoms may overlap, they are two different things. It is quite common...
View ArticleOkechukwu Ekemezie: Social entrepreneur addressing community issues
Many entrepreneurs are driven by a passion to solve societal problems. For Okechukwu Ekemezie, co-founder, Docotal Health Foundation, his driving force is to address rural poverty by providing free...
View ArticleYES, WE CAN ALL LIVE UP TO 120 YEARS
DOCOTAL (DIGITAL DOCTORS) HELPING US TO BECOME DIGITAL HUMANS: PART 3 -Dr. Okechukwu Ekemezie ”…and all his days (on earth) shall be a hundred and twenty (120) years.”- Gen 6:3 “If we can live another...
View Article5 ways to make the health system of a society better
The presence of a healthcare system for each country is not sufficient to reassure the health of the population. That is why we still find high morbidity and mortality rates in certain countries...
View Article5 Best Ways to Calm Your Mind
With a hectic weekly schedule that caters to both work and family, it can be rather hard to ease the mind. Daily responsibilities often leave little time for you to unwind and catch a breather. That’s...
View ArticleDOCOTAL: DIGITAL DOCTORS PART 2
Saving millions of lives After waiting for almost 5 hours to see the doctor at the General Hospital in Ikeja, Lagos State, Mr. Olutayo Ayinla was finally given an appointment to see the consultant...
View Article6 Ways to Naturally Relieve Stress and Anxiety
It’s only recently that society as a whole has started to become more aware and educated regarding mental health. While we, as a society, still have a long way to go towards completely destigmatizing...
View Article5 Ways To Prevent Heart Disease and Keep Your Heart Health
Do you know that heart diseases are number one cause of death globally? More than three quarters of these deaths occur in middle and low income countries. Early detection and management is very...
View Article8 NATURAL WAYS TO LOSE BELLY FAT
Getting rid of your belly fat or bulge is important for more than just vanity’s sake. Excess abdominal fat-particularly visceral fat, the kind that surrounds your organs and puffs your stomach into a...
View ArticleTAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH
Last week Saturday my phone rang in the morning. Usually I receive calls from Nigeria on this day at this time. This call however was different. It was my long-time friend. He told me that his uncle of...
View ArticleWhy Do You Have To Get A Pharmacy Management System?
These regimens are primarily based on protocols which have been used clinically for many years and are based mostly on animal testing and varied clinical trials. In a paper revealed within the journal...
View ArticleCOVID-19 PANDEMIC: An Expert Interview with Dr Laminu Kaumi.
Dr Laminu Kaumi is a Consultant Physician Family Medicine and Community Health trained in the prestigious Hospital Ramon y Cajal Madrid Spain. He got his postgraduate certificate in the famous...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about COVID-19 + The Italian situation
Definition The Coronavirus belongs to the family of Coronaviridae, order Nidovirales. They are large positive sense RNA viruses comprising of four genre: alpha-beta-delta-gamma. Until 2019 only six...
View ArticleCoronavirus Disease – Busting the Myths
In my opinion, the rationale behind these misinformation and fake news is called INFODEMIC. So, it’s very critical to be fighting a pandemic as well as an infodemic. Infodemic is more dangerous than...
View ArticleA pandemic and the future by Ekene Okwechime
The world is ill-prepared to respond to a severe influenza pandemic or to any similarly global, sustained and threatening public-health emergency. International Health Regulations Review Committee...
View ArticleMake a difference with $1
DONATE: www.docotal.com/donate A three-year-old baby recently tested positive for COVID-19 in Imo State, Nigeria. Like this baby, many health workers are exposed to this dangerous virus because of...
View ArticleDiabetes will not kill you
I do not love to work out, but if I stick to exercising every day and put the right things in my mouth, then my diabetes just stays in check. Halle Berry Diabetes otherwise called diabetes mellitus...
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